Turkish and French Movements Reported Abroad
Dispatches from the London Gazette dated February 17 note Hanoverites occupying Peyna in the Bishoprick of Hildesheim after a treaty breach by the Roman Catholics. Elector of Hanover sends five companies toward Peyna. Letters from Bender to Sweden and from Paris describe Turkish forces near Bender and forts evacuated at Gironne. News of Villars expected at Arras and supply shortages affecting French troops.